Synthesis, magnetic and spectral studies on polystyrene-anchored coordination complexes of bi-, tri-, tetra- and hexavalent metal ions with unsymmetrical dibasic tetradentate ONNO donor Schiff base derived from 3-formylsalicylic acid, ethylenediamine and 2-benzoylacetanilide

Abstract

Polystyrene-anchored Cu(II), Zn(II), Cd(II), Ni(II), Mn(II), MoO2(II), UO2(II), Fe(III) and Zr(IV), complexes of the unsymmetrical dibasic tetradentate ONNO donor Schiff base derived from the condensation of chloromethylated polystyrene, 3-formylsalicylic acid, ethylenediamine and 2-benzoylacetanilide (PS-LH2) has been synthesized. The polystyrene anchored complexes have the formulae: PS-LM (where M = Cu, Zn, Cd, Ni, MoO2, UO2), PS-LFeCl·DMF, PS-LMn·2DMF and PS-LZr(OH)2·DMF. The polystyrene-anchored coordination compounds have been characterized by elemental analysis, IR, reflectance, ESR and magnetic susceptibility measurements. The per cent reaction conversion of polystyrene anchored Schiff base to polystyrene supported coordination compounds lies between 28·98 and 85·9. The coordinated dimethylformamide is completely lost on heating the complexes. The shifts of the ν(C=N)(azomethine) and ν(C-O)(phenolic) stretches have been monitored in order to find out the donor sites of the ligands. The Cu(II) complex is paramagnetic with square planar structure; the Ni(II) complex is diamagnetic with square planar structure; the Zn(II) and Cd(II) complexes are diamagnetic and have tetrahedral structure; the Mn(II) and Fe(III) complexes are paramagnetic and have octahedral structure; the MoO2(II) and UO2(II) complexes are diamagnetic and have octahedral structure and the Zr(IV) complexes are diamagnetic and have pentagonal bipyramidal structure.